Flagship course
Grant Ledger Mastery
Learn to run a financial auditing app across a full neural research grant cycle — from purchase orders to closing memos — with instructor coaching from Hong Kong practice.
Modules
1. Mapping the grant spine
Chart award codes, cost centres, and PI responsibilities before you touch the app so sample projects mirror real neural awards.
2. Ingesting lab spend cleanly
Import patterns for equipment, reagents, and shared-core charges; catch duplicate vendors early.
3. Subcontract and personnel splits
Tag multi-lab effort, visiting researchers, and subcontract milestones without burying the audit trail.
4. Exception queues that stay humane
Configure alerts that surface real risk instead of flooding inboxes with noise.
5. Evidence packs for reviewers
Export bundles with invoice images, approvals, and variance notes sequenced for desk review.
6. Closing narratives
Draft board-facing summaries that explain what changed, why it mattered, and what stays open.
Learning outcomes
- Configure a sample neural grant project inside the financial auditing app end to end.
- Produce an evidence pack that a second reviewer can follow without tribal knowledge.
- Write a variance narrative tied to actual ledger lines, not slide-deck guesses.
- Identify three recurring risk patterns in neural research spend and document mitigations.
Instructor
Adele Ng
Former university audit manager based in Hong Kong. Adele has guided neural and biomedical labs through external reviews and now coaches teams on app-assisted grant audits at Neuralnetlab Digital.
Informational pricing
Individual seat: HKD 6,480 · Team of four: HKD 22,400 · Prices shown for planning only; no checkout on this site. Compare plans.
FAQ
Do I need prior audit experience?
Comfort with spreadsheets and grant budgets helps. We do not assume you have led an external audit before.
Is the financial auditing app included?
Cohorts include a training sandbox. Production licences are separate and arranged with your institution.
What is a real limitation of this course?
We do not certify you as an independent auditor, and the curriculum does not cover tax advisory or statutory company audits outside research grant contexts.
Can our Tsuen Wan office join remotely?
Yes. Live sessions run online with optional Hong Kong office hours for document clinics.
Learner notes
“Module 5’s evidence pack template cut our sample review prep from two evenings to one afternoon.”
★★★★☆ · “Solid on subcontract tagging. I still wanted one more worked example for multi-currency vendor invoices.”